Associated PressK-Rod covers his face in disbelief after Luis Castillo dropped a routine pop in the 9th.

Just heard Jerry Manuel's post-game comments.

The skip says he'll tell Luis Castillo to "go get 'em tomorrow." He said the Mets will rally around the second-sacker to form a circle of support after the 33-year-old cost his team a hard-fought victory against the Yankees by dropping the most routine of pop flies with two outs in the 9th.

Isn't that special?

The fact of the matter is this latest disgrace -- and yeh, botching a play a little leaguer should make qualifies as a disgrace -- is nothing new to the 2009 New York Mets.

Injuries aren't killing this team. A mind-numbing succession of blunders are doing the Mets in.

From the absolute debacle that was Dan Murphy in left field, to Ryan Church's failure to touch third base in L.A., to Mike Pelfrey's balks in SanFran, to Carlos Beltran's decision to cross home plate standing on a close play in St. Loo.

And that's just a few off the top of my head.

These guy make too much money -- and we fans pay too much money, dammit -- to continue to be subjected to this brand of bush-league baseball.

But, hey, Jerry's going to lead the fellas in a rendition of "Kumbaya" tonight, so it's all cool.

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Congrats to A-Rod for finally coming through in the clutch. (Sarcasm intended.) I almost got sick when I saw Alex's Yankee teammates pound his helmet after his feeble pop bounced off Luis' glove.